Police caught up with a Taunton man suspected of using a handgun to kidnap another man — after an intense chase in the city Wednesday afternoon that ended in front of Plain Cemetery on Broadway.

Edwin Rivera Jr., 23, last known address 1 Maple St., was being held overnight in police lockup on $10,000 bail, police said. He’ll be arraigned today in Taunton District Court.

Police say they’re still looking for the gun used in the alleged kidnapping.

A woman identifying herself as the mother of the 31-year-old victim called police at approximately 2:45 p.m. to report a text message from her son, indicating he’d been taken at gunpoint and was being forced to drive her vehicle at the behest of Rivera.

Police initially responded to Girlie’s Variety store at 98 Oak St. but quickly changed course to the 400 block of Cohannet Street.

Five cruisers and a handful of unmarked TPD cars eventually tracked the small SUV to Broadway across from Exeter Street.

No one was reported injured during the incident that concluded with a handcuffed Rivera sitting on the curb.

Rivera is being charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping. Cops say he was not in possession of a weapon when he was pulled over.

A police source said the dispute between the two men stemmed from a drug-deal debt.

Rivera, formerly of Fairfax Gardens, was arrested in 2007 for unarmed robbery. That case was dismissed without prejudice when the victim left the courthouse before providing testimony.